JPH04127064A - Automatic labelling system for blood collecting tube - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate an error and to automatically bond a label by displaying printing data on a display part before recording the same on the label to confirm the correspondence of a blood collecting tube and printing data. CONSTITUTION:A plurality of printing data (an ID number, a name, age, request charge or the distinction of sex) corresponding to the control number of a blood collecting tube 11 are stored in a data buffer 4 and the printing data displayed on a display part 6 can be changed by the input signal of an I/O control part 7. The printing data received from a host computer 13 is stored in the data buffer 4 and the stored printing data is displayed on the display part 6 and data display is changed by the operation of an input part 8 by an operator and, when the blood collecting tube is set when the printing data corresponding to the blood collecting tube 11 is found out, the displayed printing data is printed on a label 10 in a printing part 9 and the label is automatically bonded to the blood collecting tube 11 by a label bonding part 12.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field 1] The present invention provides a method for handling blood collection tubes by connecting to a host computer online in clinical examinations at hospitals etc. This invention relates to an automatic labeling system for blood collection tubes for automatically issuing blood collection tubes.

[Conventional technology]

Correct handling of specimens is an essential condition in analytical processing in clinical laboratory departments, and in particular, adding a control number to specimens facilitates subsequent processing. This management number includes, for example, JP-A-59-119266.
In many cases, a barcode label is used, such as the number, and the barcode label is printed by inputting the management number into the labeler itself, or by commands from the host system, but in either case, The numbers to be punched out have traditionally been issued without being verified, and have been pasted onto blood collection tubes manually.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention 1] In the conventional method described above, the issued label and the specimen to be pasted are not sufficiently confirmed, so there is a risk that they may not match.

The automatic labeling device for blood collection tubes of the present invention solves the above-mentioned problems by storing print data received from a host computer in a data buffer, displaying the print data on a display section before printing, and allowing the operator to The purpose is to check the correspondence between the blood collection tube and the printed data by printing when the blood collection tube is set, and to automatically affix the label.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a display section that displays data to be printed, stores the print data received from the host computer in a data buffer, displays the print data before printing, and displays the print data on a blood collection tube. This allows you to check the correspondence of print data.

[Operation] Data from the host system can always be confirmed on the display, so it can be pasted only if it matches the sample number.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described based on FIGS. 1 and 2.

FIG. 1 shows a system configuration diagram of the present invention, and the part surrounded by broken lines in the figure shows an automatic labeling device 1 for blood collection tubes.

This automatic labeling device 1 for blood collection tubes includes a printing section 9 that prints print data on a label 1O, and a label 10 on a blood collection tube 11.
A label pasting unit 12 that automatically pastes the label, a printing unit 9, a label pasting unit 12, an I10 control unit 7 that controls the input unit 8 operated by the operator, and a communication control unit that receives print data from the host computer 13. 2, a data buffer 4 that sequentially stores received print data, a display section 6 that displays the print data stored in the data buffer 4, a display control section 5 that controls the display section 6, and an automatic labeling device 1 for blood collection tubes. It is composed of a microcomputer 3 that performs the following steps.

FIG. 2 shows a flowchart of the specific operation of the labeling apparatus l.

First, the data buffer 4, display section 6, etc. are initialized, and then print data is received. The received print data is stored in the data buffer 4. The print data in the data buffer 4 is displayed, and the print data display is changed by an increment instruction or a decrement instruction by an operator's operation. Through this operation, all print data in the data buffer 4 can be displayed. If you set the blood collection tube with print data displayed, the displayed print data will be displayed on label 10.
is printed on. Thereafter, the print data and display in the data buffer 4 are updated (the data in the print section is cleared and the next print data is displayed), and data is received from the host computer 13 again. When data cannot be received and there is no print data in the data buffer 4, the printer waits until data is received.

The method of changing the display of print data by the operation of the input unit 8 by the operator is to specify the display of print data by inputting an increment instruction, a decrement instruction, and a sequence number using a numeric keypad or the like. .

The display unit used in the present invention can display printed data (ID number, name, age, requesting department, gender, etc.) corresponding to the management number of the blood collection tube. Also, in the data buffer,
Multiple pieces of blood collection tube print data can be stored. The displayed print data can be changed by the input signal of the I10 control unit, and the print data corresponding to the blood collection tube is found and printed on the label.The print data corresponding to the blood collection tube is found and printed on the label. and can be attached to blood collection tubes.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, as explained above, the print data of the blood collection tube received from the host computer can be displayed on the display section and the correspondence between the blood collection tube and the print data can be confirmed before printing on the label. It becomes possible to automatically attach a label to the set blood collection tube without making any mistakes.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of embodiments of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an operational flowchart of the present invention. l... Automatic labeling device for blood collection tubes, 2... Communication control section, 3... Microcomputer, 4... Data buffer, 5... Display control section, 6... Display section, 7.
... ■/○ control section, 8... input section, 9... printing section,
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10... Label, 11... Blood collection tube, 12... Label pasting part, 13... Hos diagram

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Based on the request information registered on the host computer,
a communication control unit for receiving printed data (ID number, name, age, requesting department, gender, etc.) corresponding to the management number of the blood collection tube; a storage means for storing the received printed data; and a storage means within the storage means. It consists of a printing section that reads out the printing data and prints it on a label to be attached to the blood collection tube, a label sticking section that automatically attaches the label printed by the printing section to the blood collection tube, and an input section that is operated by an operator, In the apparatus for recording print data received from the host computer on a label and automatically attaching it to the blood collection tube, before recording the print data on the label in order to associate the print data in the storage means with the blood collection tube, This is an automatic labeling system for blood collection tubes that is configured to confirm the management number, set the blood collection tubes in the device, and apply labels to the blood collection tubes by operating the input section.